Deborah Okyere Source Confirmed

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Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

5 h-index 11 pubs 180 cited

Research Areas

Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Microbial infections and disease research Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Deborah Okyere's research investigates the tribological behavior of thin coatings and surface textures, particularly in the context of orthopedic implants. Her work includes studies on polydopamine (PDA) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) composite coatings incorporating copper and silicon dioxide nanoparticles, as well as cartilage-inspired surface textures designed to enhance the performance of joint prosthetics. Okyere also explores the surface engineering of nanoparticles for specific applications, such as creating silver nanoparticles with antimicrobial properties and investigating the stability and optical characteristics of polyethylene glycol-coated copper nanoparticles. Her research extends to the dynamics of bacterial mobility and flagellar movement in porous media and hydrogels, with publications examining bacterial behavior in microspheres and polymeric hydrogels, and the engineering of nanoparticle surfaces for antimicrobial functions. She has a h-index of 5 with 11 publications and 180 citations, and collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Ariel Rogers, Min Zou, Firuze Soltani-Kordshuli, and Diksha Shrestha.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 11
  • Citations: 180

Selected Publications

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Nanoparticles: A Laboratory Experiment for Undergraduate Physical Chemistry (2025) DOI
  • Flagellar dynamics and entanglement of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="italic">E</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mspace width="0.16em"/> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> <mml:mi>o</mml:mi> <mml:mi>l</mml:mi> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> bacteria in polymeric hydrogel (2025) DOI
  • Durable Low-Friction Graphite Coatings Enabled by a Polydopamine Adhesive Underlayer (2025) DOI
  • Understanding the Mechanism of Bent DNA Amplifying Sensors Using All-Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations (2025) DOI
  • The Shape Modulation of Laser-Induced Nanowelded Microstructures Using Two Colors (2023) DOI
  • Bacterial mobility and motility in porous media mimicked by microspheres (2023) DOI
  • Engineering silver nanoparticle surfaces for antimicrobial applications (2022) DOI
  • Stability of Polyethylene Glycol-Coated Copper Nanoparticles and Their Optical Properties (2022) DOI
  • Tribological behavior of the PDA/PTFE + Cu-SiO2 nanoparticle thin coatings (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Ariel Rogers University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications Min Zou University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Firuze Soltani-Kordshuli University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Diksha Shrestha University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications Asmaa A. Sadoon University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Katherine M. Bullard University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Stephen I. Foster University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Nathaniel Harris University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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